#4E8FB5#4E8FB5

#4E8FB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.088 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8FB5
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 181)
HSL	hsl(202, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 21%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -9.57, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 27.89, 249.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.049 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.088 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3017, 24.5989, 47.3326)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8FB5 #B5744E

analogous

#4EB5A7 #4E8FB5 #4E5BB5

triadic

#4E8FB5 #B54E8F #8FB54E

tetradic

#4E8FB5 #A74EB5 #B5744E #5BB54E

square

#4E8FB5 #A74EB5 #B5744E #5BB54E

split-complementary

#4E8FB5 #B54E5B #B5A74E

monochromatic

#284C60 #3A6E8B #4E8FB5 #79AAC7 #A4C6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4E8FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4E8FB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8FB5

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8FB5	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F83B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.088 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afcb',
    500: '#4e8fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8fb5;
$custom-light: #88afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.136,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62242,
    "c": 0.08801,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8FB5

secondary

#C6A999

accent

#8457D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8FB5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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